3. TIL that Saudi Arabia has no minimum age of consent and that Clerics have fought...

TIL that Saudi Arabia has no minimum age of consent and that Clerics have fought efforts to create one. A judge refused to annul a marriage between an 8 year old girl and a 47 year old man.

A 14-year-old girl has gone missing from a Dutch asylum centre. Police say Fatema Alkasem was nine months pregnant and may be in need of medical care. She is also thought to be a "child bride", and her case has highlighted the problem that the Netherlands faces in providing asylum for girls who married in Syria but are below the Dutch age of consent. The government in The Hague is rushing to close a loophole in the asylum law which has so far allowed child brides to be reunited with their husbands in the Netherlands. The practice has inflamed debate about how the Netherlands is responding to the refugee crisis, with some arguing it is condoning paedophilia.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34573825

Official figures have shown that last year dozens of married child brides arrived as migrants applying for asylum in Norway, with the youngest being just 11 years old.

Data from the Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs (Bufdir) seen by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) revealed more than 60 minors were married when they applied for asylum in Norway last year. The 61 cases known to authorities — mainly coming from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq — broke down as follows:

at least ten girls were under 16 years old; 49 girls and two boys were 16-17 years old; and at least two of the girls under 18 years were expecting their second baby. Although individual cases could not be commented on for reasons of privacy, Bufdir director Mari Trommald confirmed to NRK the youngest of the child brides was an 11-year-old girl who arrived within the last three months.

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/02/02/migrant-child-brides-as-young-as-11-arriving-in-europe/

Hundreds of adult refugees bring child brides to Europe and authorities have a hard time protecting the minors from their “spouses.”

An internal investigation by the Swedish migration agency released Tuesday found 132 cases of underaged asylum seekers in the country still living with adult spouses.

“Our focus has to be to protect the children,” Cecilia Borin, a spokeswoman for the Swedish migration agency, said in a press release. “We will look at the results from the report and prioritize these individuals in our work.”

The identified cases include 129 girls and three boys. Almost all of the children are from Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. The migration office estimates the number to be much higher in reality, and it is only based on the findings from a small sample.

http://dailycaller.com/2016/03/29/european-countries-let-refugees-live-with-child-brides/

Europe had a good run I guess.

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